Author's Rant:
Konnichiwa! Konnichiwa! Konnichiwa! I just decided to try out this pairing, since my stupid twin was insisting I do something of this pairing. Hai, minna. This is Sango and Miroku. Of course, I find them really cute together! I think they are meant for each other! But... As far as I am concerned, I haven't tried anything of this. Since I was bored to death waiting for reviews from my other story "Three to Tango," which my idiotic twin posted in the Inuyasha category, not in the Slam Dunk [I got her tied up for that!] I decided to give in to her desires - I should write an S/M fic. Please take this easy on me!
I thank again those who reviewed. You don't know how much it means to me! *sobs*
~Shohoku no Miko~©
Inu-Yasha: A Medieval Pulp Fantasy -er- Inu-Yasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale ©Takahashi Rumiko.
Teach Me How To Love
By Shohoku no Miko
Chapter Ten: Ju
Kirara yawned for the nth time, trying to keep her eyes open as her mistress slept on the hay that Miroku and Kagome stacked at the corner of the room. The candle was the only source of light in the room, but its emanating rays flickered on the walls. She yawned yet again, and glanced at the priest seated beside the haystack.
Miroku looked like he was contemplating on things that were unfathomable. If only Sango was awake, she would have queried about it, but because of the circumstances...
Sango stirred from her position, trying to lie down on her side, facing Miroku.
Miroku snapped out of trance and regarded Sango's mere adjustment of her position. "Sango...?" He asked, hoping that the taiji-ya regains consciousness.
No answer.
He sighed. What was that Toya guy pointing out?
"Oh no, I haven't done anything... Maybe YOU did..."
What did he do? Sango was kidnapped and he just went to look for her, and now he's the one who injured her? It doesn't make any sense... Well, according to the most level-headed member of the Inuyasha-tachi. He sighed again, this time a much audible one.
Kagome looked up from her Physics book [a/n: I'm a senior now, we focus more on Physics... Hehehe...] upon hearing Miroku's heave. "Something the matter?"
He shot his head towards the direction of the voice. "Ah, Kagome-sama. Nothing the matter." He smiled, a very pretentious one.
But Kagome was not one to be fooled at once. "Are you sure? I think you're thinking about Sango-chan and the past events, ne?" She closed her book. "Of course everybody worries about it now. Even I, who has to go back tomorrow to the other side of the well to take my exams, am thinking about it. Now tell me, what exactly happened? Why was she bleeding profusely?"
"I myself do not know... But I found her - well, sort of - in an abandoned house. There's this guy named Toya who had eerie eyes that glowed green. He seemed to have control over Sango that time, because when his eyes glowed, Sango's did too. He made an illusion for me to believe that Sango was really dead, but she wasn't. It took me time to realize that the Sango in front of me was only a product of my imagination - because I believed that she was already dead. But thanks to Kirara here..." Miroku patted Kirara and placed her on his lap, just like how Sango would reach for her pet and start combing her furs. The feline succumbed to the strokes of the Houshi's hand which seemed to have the same effect on her as to what Sango's hands do to her. "I was able to overcome whatever spell he made. Then I used my powers to dispel the true Sango. She came out from the smoke that took her form... And she was already bleeding... And when I asked Toya what he did to her, he just..." Miroku placed the sleeping cat down on her former place, then sighed again.
"Then what?" Kagome queried.
"Then... I really don't understand what he said. He said he hasn't done anything and that maybe I did something to her."
"Eh?"
Miroku nodded. "Perplexing... I can't comprehend it... And there's more to it..."
Kagome raised an eyebrow. "There's more?"
Miroku nodded. "This Toya guy... I don't know if my eyes deceived me, but he also had purple eyes... In fact I think he looked just like me..." He placed his shakujo down on the floor, put his head in his hands while staring at the taiji-ya's sleeping form.
Kagome's eyes went wide. "He... Looks... Just like you...? Demo... How...?"
"There are so many complicated things about this incident. Yes, he did look like me..." Miroku remembered as he tucked the loose strand of black hair coming out from Sango's loosely tied hair. "...Except that he's wearing a gi and hakama, that is. And he has no hand restraints."
"To tell you the truth Miroku-sama, I have something to tell you..." Kagome now set aside the book she was holding and faced Miroku fully, the flicking shadow she made danced as she moved. "You see, when you brought her here, I was sensing something..." Kagome's voice faded.
"Sense... You mean, a shard?" Miroku asked.
Kagome's eyebrows creased. "I am not quite sure..."
Sango stirred once again, and this time, she bolted upright from her supine state.
"Sango!"
"Sango-chan!"
Both Miroku and Kagome rushed to her side, concern obvious in their voices. Especially Miroku, who at that time was already at the verge of deciding to set foot on a mission to eradicate Toya from the world.
Sango breathed hard, panting, as if grasping for air. Her back hurt and so does her belly.
Miroku reached for her hand. "Sango... Daijobu ka?"
Sango glanced at the person who held her hand. She stared hard at Miroku's face, earning herself questioning looks from both the miko and the houshi. "Anata ga..."
Kagome held her friend's shoulder. "Sango-chan..."
From a confused look her face contorted into an angry one. She slapped Miroku's hand from hers as she reached for the nearest object within grasp. Feeling something, she threw it at the monk.
The teacup, obviously the object the taiji-ya grabbed, hit Miroku square on his face, which caused him to stumble on his shakujo that lay on the floor behind him. Struggling to maintain his balance and consequently failing to do so, Miroku half-dived half-fell on the haystack on the other side of the room.
Seeing this, Kagome held on Sango's arm. "Demo, Sango-chan, he didn't do anything perverted towards you..." Kagome stated matter-of-factly, expecting a witty remark to come out from her friend's mouth.
The witty remark that came after, though, was difficult to classify, for Sango's eyes went an eerie glimmer of green.
"Merely hitting him isn't enough... It isn't even enough to restore our townspeople's lives and a taiji-ya's honor..." Sango retorted, anger smoldering not only in her eyes but also in the tone of her voice. "DIE YOU MURDERER!!!" Sango shouted as she tried to reach for her Hiraikotsu.
Sensing, or rather, sniffing some hostility in the air, Inuyasha came in the almost burnt-down shack. "Oi!" Came his oh-so-comforting call. "What's happening in here?" Inuyasha swung in from the window opening near the tree he was slouching in.
Sango snapped. "How could you include that murderer in our group?" She asked Inuyasha as she struggled to get out of Kagome's unbelievably-strong grip.
"Oi! What the heck are you saying!?" Inyasha asked, apparently not yet getting the point. "The bouzou may be one hell of a sukebe but he's definitely no murderer..."
Toya smiled as he stared at his latest 'masterpiece,' as he puts it. "Yes Sango, that monk... Kill him."
Sango's eyes went an eerie glow of green once again as Miroku recovered himself from the haystack. Strands of hay were sticking out of his hair and his robes but he was oblivious of those because only one word echoed through his systems. 'Murderer...'
"Miroku-sama!!! Look out!!!" Kagome shouted, finally losing grip on her best friend.
Inuyasha moved to Miroku's aid as Kagome gripped Sango a second too late.
Miroku snapped out of reverie just in time to dodge the boomerang aimed directly at him. "Sango... Doushite...?"
"Shouldn't I be the one asking you that?" With that said, she charged at the vulnerable monk.
"Ahahahahaha!!!" Toya laughed like a lunatic, satisfaction evident in the glint in his eyes. "That's it Sango! Kill him!"
"Keep that silly grin off your face. It's sickening!"
Toya looked up to see Kagura flying down towards him. She stared at him mockingly. "Ah, so you're here..." Kagura's humungous fan vanished into thin air as Toya sized her down from his self-pronounced throne.
"Duh, obviously you stupid hanyou. Have you done what Naraku has ordered?" She peered at the shell Toya was holding.
"Hai. Soon I'll be getting my part of the bargain. After all, he only wanted me to get rid of the houshi." Toya grinned like a maniac. "Soon Sango shall be mine..." He clapped his hands in delight.
Wrong move. He accidentally dropped the shell.
Miroku still couldn't believe it. Why was she calling him a murderer? Why was she saying that he killed the whole of the taiji-ya village? He took a step closer towards Sango, risking his safety. "Sango-sama..."
At Miroku's words, she stopped. Sango's once glowing eyes went dull, then turned back to its usual auburn color. She felt like falling down.
"Hou...shi...sama... Ta-tasukete... Tasukete kudasai..." She uttered as she felt herself succumb to vertigo.
Just in the nick of time, Miroku caught Sango's body as it went limp before it even hit the floor.
"Sango!"
"You stupid fool!!!" Kagura screeched at Toya.
Toya frantically reached down from his place. "The shell!!!" He felt for it under his throne. "Ah! Here it is!"
Kagura laughed hysterically. "Hah! With how careless you are, you won't even pass for Naraku's minion."
"Well, how does Naraku choose his minion then, if he chose you?" Toya taunted.
"Ah?!" Kagura looked pissed. "Who are you to talk like THAT?! You should be thankful that I chose you to do the job! Or else you wouldn't have the chance to get your most-sought mate..." Kagura finished. "I can't believe you even fell for that taiji-ya..." She whispered out of his earshot.
Toya, too engrossed on his treasured shell, failed to hear Kagura's last remark. "Ah, its a good thing it was only cracked..."
Sango woke up suddenly, her eyes meeting black everywhere. "Houshi-sama? Houshi-sama... Kagome-chan? Inuyasha? Kohaku?" She called on all the people precious to her, hoping that someone will respond to her calls. [a/n: Did I reveal too much with that statement? ^_^;]
A blinding flash of light made Ssngo flinch as she used her hands to shield her eyes.
Finally adjusting to the light, she opened her eyes and found herself seated at a chair, all tied up.She tried to break free, but somehow with every effort she made to escape, the further damage the bindings created on her wrists.
How she ended up there she didn't know; nor does she know whose hands suddenly caressed her face. She tilted her head to see who it was, but her head was held tightly by the anonymous person.
"Curiosity leads to danger, my dear Sango..." The mysterious voice said.
But however mysterious the voice sounded, a familiar tone in it made her want to guess who it was.
"...Houshi-sama...?" She guessed, as the person stepped into the light.
"Uh... Not quite, my dear."
Sango's eyes went wide as she saw her captor.
"You see..." Her captor held her chin and brought his face near hers. "...I may have some resemblance with your precious monk, but I am definitely another person..." He said, his nose touching Sango's. His other hand went to her thigh.
True, her captor and her houshi [a/n: Argh! I'm revealing too much!] looked and acted like the same person, but this one had purple, shallow eyes that held no emotion in it. His eyes were no match for Miroku's orbs. Miroku's eyes were so purple and full of emotions that she was always drowning in the depths of his gaze.
Sango wriggled out of his grasp and fortunately managed to keep her face away from his face. Her eyes narrowed. "Iya... Miroku's entirely different from you. He's no monster so get your filthy hands off me!" She shouted at her captor. "Who are you anyway?" She half-asked, half-taunted. Then she sighed haughtily. "Ha! Not that I care anyway. I mean, who would want to know a beast like you?"
The mysterious man drew away from her, a smirk playing on his lips. "Right. I am nothing compared to your weakling houshi. I am Toya, don't you remember?"
"I don't know you, I don't remember you and I don't care about you. And let me tell you that you better count and device ten thousand ways to keep Miroku, Inuyasha and Kagome from killing you. I know they're already out there looking for me."
Toya sneered. "Hm... Do you think they'll look for you if you're with them already?"
Sango raised an eyebrow. In response, Toya showed her a shell that glowed green. Peering, she gasped as she saw herself aiming her Hiraikotsu at a houshi that just recovered from a fall on the haystack.
"Sonna..." She mumbled.
Toya smirked yet again. "No one's going to help you... You're going to be mine..." He held Sango's arms tightly and revealed his fangs, preparing to bite her on her neck.
Sango began to fret. 'What'll I do... What'll I do? Think fast Sango!'
And as if on cue, the shell fell from Toya's hand.
She felt the rope binding her loosen a bit and immediately she did what she could in her situation. "Houshi-sama! Tasukete!!! Tasukete kudasai!!!"
Toya couldn't do anything with the crack the shell acquired. So instead of changing the shell and risking losing the spell, he shut the shell and held it firmly in his hand.
"You really want her, do you?" Kagura queried as a feather-made fan magically appeared out of nowhere.
"As much as you want the kitsune-boy, I presume." He countered.
Kagura looked at Toya skeptically. "THAT isn't involved here, hanyou. You are most likely more irritating than the kid Sesshomaru carries around." She huffed as she closed her fan and at the same time her humungous feather appeared. "You better finish the monk as soon as possible if you want your part of the bargain fast." With that, she flew away.
"Don't worry Kagura, I'll finish this before Kanna learns how to smile." Toya said.
Apparently, Kanna already knows how to smile... Only she chooses NOT to.
...tsuzuku...
Vocabulary:
Taiji-ya - taiji means exterminate, so probably -ya means something like person.
-tachi - suffix which is placed to indicate many peole, which in this case, "Inuyasha-tachi" means "Inuyasha's group." This is somehow synonymous to "gumi" as in Sakura Taisen, "Hanagumi" means "Flower group." [Uh, did I just say too much again?]
-sama - honorific suffix indicating respect.
-chan - honorific suffix indicating nonchalance or friendly relationship. [Almost everyone knows that.]
Ne - when placed before a clause, it means "hey" [or something like that] but when placed after, it sort of means "right?" as in "You knew about it, right?"
Houshi - anyone who loves Miroku would have at least given thirty different ways to pronounce this word [I have done thirty-four, no kidding!] It means 'priest.'
Shakujo - Miroku's ever reliable staff [Shakujo is an all-around mate for him! He casts wards with it, gains support by it, fights with it, makes his presence known by it, maybe he even tries to grope Sango by it! (Argh! Don't think green!)]
Demo - not a short term for demonstration, it means 'but.'
Gi - an upper clothing for traditional Japanese men [think Himura Kenshin's or Seta Soujiro's clothes]
Hakama - the lower clothing; the counterpart of the gi which looks like a drawstring pants except its mega-flared as it starts from the waist.
Daijobu ka - 'are you all right?' It is sort of a shortcut term for 'daijobu desu ka?'
Anata ga - you ['ga' is a honorific for the subject of the sentence]
Hiraikotsu - Sango's huge as in H-U-G-E boomerang.
Bouzou - means 'monk' [You know, this word kind of sounds like an unrespectful name for a monk, since Inuyasha uses this to call Miroku when he's pissed. And I remember Sha Gojyo calls Genjo Sanzo like this (Um.. Since they practically hate each other's guts though they're comrades)]
Sukebe - the highest form of perversity
Doushite - 'Why?'
Hanyou - half-demon. You see I don't know if this analysis is right, but I think it came out from two words, 'hanbun' and 'youkai'. Hanbun means 'one-half' and youkai, well, as any Inuyasha or YuuYuu Hakusho fan would know, means 'demon.' Correct me if I'm wrong, okiedokie?
Hai - um... yes [almost everyone knows this]
Tasukete - help, more of calling for help. "Tasukete kudasai" means 'please help me.'
Kohaku - in case you don't know, he's Sango's younger brother. His name means 'amber.'
Iya - no
Sonna - no way/impossible
Kitsune - means 'fox.' In this case, it pertains to Kouga, who is sometimes called 'fox-boy.'
Author's Rant:
Hah! Finally done! First off, I want to say a huge gomen to all the people who read this fic... I was too lazy to update. And I almost lost hope on this. But since I'm getting a VCD of Inuyasha OAV 2 for Christmas, inspiration struck like lightning.
I also want to apologize on what I made Kagura say earlier. You know, about how unbelievable it seems for one to get attracted to Sango...
Miroku: Hey, I heard that... How dare you refer to Sango that way! *brings out an ofuda* Houriki!!!
SnM: Kami-sama, kami-sama, kami-sama, kami-sama, kami-sama... *Holds buddha beads on the right and tries to shield herself from Miroku's houriki*
Sango: Houshi-sama, I'm off to the hot springs. Please look over our provisions. *Walks in front of Miroku* *Stops and turns to Miroku* And NO PEEKING. *Walks away*
Miroku: *Notices Sango and keeps his ofuda* Hot springs? *Unconsciously follows Sango*
SnM: Whew! You see? The effect of a line... Actually I was hesitant to put it but then again for the sake of having villains... Well, Kagura's a villain and villains are destined to be hated by almost everyone... ALMOST. And to make up for it, I gave a hint of Kouga/Kagura for all their fans out there... Anyways, another gomen if the chapter is messy. You see I use my PDA in doing fics, and I tried hard to spellcheck this one, so please bear with me if you find errors here...
Sango: *from afar* HENTAI!!! SUKEBE!!! I told you not to peek!!!
Miroku: Demo... I can't resist looking at your body... *evades a rock then runs*
Sango: YOU COME BACK HERE RIGHT THIS INSTANT!!!
Miroku: *stops running* Why Sango, I didn't know you wanted to take a bath with me that badly... *takes off his robes*
Sango: *dumbstruck but realization sinks in* HENTAI!!! That's not what I meant!!!
Miroku: But you said you wanted me to come back... *hurt expression* *Sango grabs Miroku by the collar and drags him towards her*
Sango: I wanted to get back at you, not bathe with you! *doesn't notice a somewhat mysterious rock and trips, pulling Miroku towards her* AAAHHH!!
Miroku: *falls on Sango's _ehem_* Mmph!
Sango: *realizes their position* HENTAI!!! SUKEBE!!! *punches Miroku into oblivion*
Miroku: *swirly-eyed* Aaahh... Towel... Sango... Chest... Heaven...
Sango: *fumes* Argh!
SnM: Ah, gomen for everything that went wrong in this chapter! I'm high on sugar!!! Merry Christmas to all!!! And also, forgive the LAME ending, I hated it too.
~Shohoku no Miko~©
Konnichiwa! Konnichiwa! Konnichiwa! I just decided to try out this pairing, since my stupid twin was insisting I do something of this pairing. Hai, minna. This is Sango and Miroku. Of course, I find them really cute together! I think they are meant for each other! But... As far as I am concerned, I haven't tried anything of this. Since I was bored to death waiting for reviews from my other story "Three to Tango," which my idiotic twin posted in the Inuyasha category, not in the Slam Dunk [I got her tied up for that!] I decided to give in to her desires - I should write an S/M fic. Please take this easy on me!
I thank again those who reviewed. You don't know how much it means to me! *sobs*
~Shohoku no Miko~©
Inu-Yasha: A Medieval Pulp Fantasy -er- Inu-Yasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale ©Takahashi Rumiko.
Teach Me How To Love
By Shohoku no Miko
Chapter Ten: Ju
Kirara yawned for the nth time, trying to keep her eyes open as her mistress slept on the hay that Miroku and Kagome stacked at the corner of the room. The candle was the only source of light in the room, but its emanating rays flickered on the walls. She yawned yet again, and glanced at the priest seated beside the haystack.
Miroku looked like he was contemplating on things that were unfathomable. If only Sango was awake, she would have queried about it, but because of the circumstances...
Sango stirred from her position, trying to lie down on her side, facing Miroku.
Miroku snapped out of trance and regarded Sango's mere adjustment of her position. "Sango...?" He asked, hoping that the taiji-ya regains consciousness.
No answer.
He sighed. What was that Toya guy pointing out?
"Oh no, I haven't done anything... Maybe YOU did..."
What did he do? Sango was kidnapped and he just went to look for her, and now he's the one who injured her? It doesn't make any sense... Well, according to the most level-headed member of the Inuyasha-tachi. He sighed again, this time a much audible one.
Kagome looked up from her Physics book [a/n: I'm a senior now, we focus more on Physics... Hehehe...] upon hearing Miroku's heave. "Something the matter?"
He shot his head towards the direction of the voice. "Ah, Kagome-sama. Nothing the matter." He smiled, a very pretentious one.
But Kagome was not one to be fooled at once. "Are you sure? I think you're thinking about Sango-chan and the past events, ne?" She closed her book. "Of course everybody worries about it now. Even I, who has to go back tomorrow to the other side of the well to take my exams, am thinking about it. Now tell me, what exactly happened? Why was she bleeding profusely?"
"I myself do not know... But I found her - well, sort of - in an abandoned house. There's this guy named Toya who had eerie eyes that glowed green. He seemed to have control over Sango that time, because when his eyes glowed, Sango's did too. He made an illusion for me to believe that Sango was really dead, but she wasn't. It took me time to realize that the Sango in front of me was only a product of my imagination - because I believed that she was already dead. But thanks to Kirara here..." Miroku patted Kirara and placed her on his lap, just like how Sango would reach for her pet and start combing her furs. The feline succumbed to the strokes of the Houshi's hand which seemed to have the same effect on her as to what Sango's hands do to her. "I was able to overcome whatever spell he made. Then I used my powers to dispel the true Sango. She came out from the smoke that took her form... And she was already bleeding... And when I asked Toya what he did to her, he just..." Miroku placed the sleeping cat down on her former place, then sighed again.
"Then what?" Kagome queried.
"Then... I really don't understand what he said. He said he hasn't done anything and that maybe I did something to her."
"Eh?"
Miroku nodded. "Perplexing... I can't comprehend it... And there's more to it..."
Kagome raised an eyebrow. "There's more?"
Miroku nodded. "This Toya guy... I don't know if my eyes deceived me, but he also had purple eyes... In fact I think he looked just like me..." He placed his shakujo down on the floor, put his head in his hands while staring at the taiji-ya's sleeping form.
Kagome's eyes went wide. "He... Looks... Just like you...? Demo... How...?"
"There are so many complicated things about this incident. Yes, he did look like me..." Miroku remembered as he tucked the loose strand of black hair coming out from Sango's loosely tied hair. "...Except that he's wearing a gi and hakama, that is. And he has no hand restraints."
"To tell you the truth Miroku-sama, I have something to tell you..." Kagome now set aside the book she was holding and faced Miroku fully, the flicking shadow she made danced as she moved. "You see, when you brought her here, I was sensing something..." Kagome's voice faded.
"Sense... You mean, a shard?" Miroku asked.
Kagome's eyebrows creased. "I am not quite sure..."
Sango stirred once again, and this time, she bolted upright from her supine state.
"Sango!"
"Sango-chan!"
Both Miroku and Kagome rushed to her side, concern obvious in their voices. Especially Miroku, who at that time was already at the verge of deciding to set foot on a mission to eradicate Toya from the world.
Sango breathed hard, panting, as if grasping for air. Her back hurt and so does her belly.
Miroku reached for her hand. "Sango... Daijobu ka?"
Sango glanced at the person who held her hand. She stared hard at Miroku's face, earning herself questioning looks from both the miko and the houshi. "Anata ga..."
Kagome held her friend's shoulder. "Sango-chan..."
From a confused look her face contorted into an angry one. She slapped Miroku's hand from hers as she reached for the nearest object within grasp. Feeling something, she threw it at the monk.
The teacup, obviously the object the taiji-ya grabbed, hit Miroku square on his face, which caused him to stumble on his shakujo that lay on the floor behind him. Struggling to maintain his balance and consequently failing to do so, Miroku half-dived half-fell on the haystack on the other side of the room.
Seeing this, Kagome held on Sango's arm. "Demo, Sango-chan, he didn't do anything perverted towards you..." Kagome stated matter-of-factly, expecting a witty remark to come out from her friend's mouth.
The witty remark that came after, though, was difficult to classify, for Sango's eyes went an eerie glimmer of green.
"Merely hitting him isn't enough... It isn't even enough to restore our townspeople's lives and a taiji-ya's honor..." Sango retorted, anger smoldering not only in her eyes but also in the tone of her voice. "DIE YOU MURDERER!!!" Sango shouted as she tried to reach for her Hiraikotsu.
Sensing, or rather, sniffing some hostility in the air, Inuyasha came in the almost burnt-down shack. "Oi!" Came his oh-so-comforting call. "What's happening in here?" Inuyasha swung in from the window opening near the tree he was slouching in.
Sango snapped. "How could you include that murderer in our group?" She asked Inuyasha as she struggled to get out of Kagome's unbelievably-strong grip.
"Oi! What the heck are you saying!?" Inyasha asked, apparently not yet getting the point. "The bouzou may be one hell of a sukebe but he's definitely no murderer..."
Toya smiled as he stared at his latest 'masterpiece,' as he puts it. "Yes Sango, that monk... Kill him."
Sango's eyes went an eerie glow of green once again as Miroku recovered himself from the haystack. Strands of hay were sticking out of his hair and his robes but he was oblivious of those because only one word echoed through his systems. 'Murderer...'
"Miroku-sama!!! Look out!!!" Kagome shouted, finally losing grip on her best friend.
Inuyasha moved to Miroku's aid as Kagome gripped Sango a second too late.
Miroku snapped out of reverie just in time to dodge the boomerang aimed directly at him. "Sango... Doushite...?"
"Shouldn't I be the one asking you that?" With that said, she charged at the vulnerable monk.
"Ahahahahaha!!!" Toya laughed like a lunatic, satisfaction evident in the glint in his eyes. "That's it Sango! Kill him!"
"Keep that silly grin off your face. It's sickening!"
Toya looked up to see Kagura flying down towards him. She stared at him mockingly. "Ah, so you're here..." Kagura's humungous fan vanished into thin air as Toya sized her down from his self-pronounced throne.
"Duh, obviously you stupid hanyou. Have you done what Naraku has ordered?" She peered at the shell Toya was holding.
"Hai. Soon I'll be getting my part of the bargain. After all, he only wanted me to get rid of the houshi." Toya grinned like a maniac. "Soon Sango shall be mine..." He clapped his hands in delight.
Wrong move. He accidentally dropped the shell.
Miroku still couldn't believe it. Why was she calling him a murderer? Why was she saying that he killed the whole of the taiji-ya village? He took a step closer towards Sango, risking his safety. "Sango-sama..."
At Miroku's words, she stopped. Sango's once glowing eyes went dull, then turned back to its usual auburn color. She felt like falling down.
"Hou...shi...sama... Ta-tasukete... Tasukete kudasai..." She uttered as she felt herself succumb to vertigo.
Just in the nick of time, Miroku caught Sango's body as it went limp before it even hit the floor.
"Sango!"
"You stupid fool!!!" Kagura screeched at Toya.
Toya frantically reached down from his place. "The shell!!!" He felt for it under his throne. "Ah! Here it is!"
Kagura laughed hysterically. "Hah! With how careless you are, you won't even pass for Naraku's minion."
"Well, how does Naraku choose his minion then, if he chose you?" Toya taunted.
"Ah?!" Kagura looked pissed. "Who are you to talk like THAT?! You should be thankful that I chose you to do the job! Or else you wouldn't have the chance to get your most-sought mate..." Kagura finished. "I can't believe you even fell for that taiji-ya..." She whispered out of his earshot.
Toya, too engrossed on his treasured shell, failed to hear Kagura's last remark. "Ah, its a good thing it was only cracked..."
Sango woke up suddenly, her eyes meeting black everywhere. "Houshi-sama? Houshi-sama... Kagome-chan? Inuyasha? Kohaku?" She called on all the people precious to her, hoping that someone will respond to her calls. [a/n: Did I reveal too much with that statement? ^_^;]
A blinding flash of light made Ssngo flinch as she used her hands to shield her eyes.
Finally adjusting to the light, she opened her eyes and found herself seated at a chair, all tied up.She tried to break free, but somehow with every effort she made to escape, the further damage the bindings created on her wrists.
How she ended up there she didn't know; nor does she know whose hands suddenly caressed her face. She tilted her head to see who it was, but her head was held tightly by the anonymous person.
"Curiosity leads to danger, my dear Sango..." The mysterious voice said.
But however mysterious the voice sounded, a familiar tone in it made her want to guess who it was.
"...Houshi-sama...?" She guessed, as the person stepped into the light.
"Uh... Not quite, my dear."
Sango's eyes went wide as she saw her captor.
"You see..." Her captor held her chin and brought his face near hers. "...I may have some resemblance with your precious monk, but I am definitely another person..." He said, his nose touching Sango's. His other hand went to her thigh.
True, her captor and her houshi [a/n: Argh! I'm revealing too much!] looked and acted like the same person, but this one had purple, shallow eyes that held no emotion in it. His eyes were no match for Miroku's orbs. Miroku's eyes were so purple and full of emotions that she was always drowning in the depths of his gaze.
Sango wriggled out of his grasp and fortunately managed to keep her face away from his face. Her eyes narrowed. "Iya... Miroku's entirely different from you. He's no monster so get your filthy hands off me!" She shouted at her captor. "Who are you anyway?" She half-asked, half-taunted. Then she sighed haughtily. "Ha! Not that I care anyway. I mean, who would want to know a beast like you?"
The mysterious man drew away from her, a smirk playing on his lips. "Right. I am nothing compared to your weakling houshi. I am Toya, don't you remember?"
"I don't know you, I don't remember you and I don't care about you. And let me tell you that you better count and device ten thousand ways to keep Miroku, Inuyasha and Kagome from killing you. I know they're already out there looking for me."
Toya sneered. "Hm... Do you think they'll look for you if you're with them already?"
Sango raised an eyebrow. In response, Toya showed her a shell that glowed green. Peering, she gasped as she saw herself aiming her Hiraikotsu at a houshi that just recovered from a fall on the haystack.
"Sonna..." She mumbled.
Toya smirked yet again. "No one's going to help you... You're going to be mine..." He held Sango's arms tightly and revealed his fangs, preparing to bite her on her neck.
Sango began to fret. 'What'll I do... What'll I do? Think fast Sango!'
And as if on cue, the shell fell from Toya's hand.
She felt the rope binding her loosen a bit and immediately she did what she could in her situation. "Houshi-sama! Tasukete!!! Tasukete kudasai!!!"
Toya couldn't do anything with the crack the shell acquired. So instead of changing the shell and risking losing the spell, he shut the shell and held it firmly in his hand.
"You really want her, do you?" Kagura queried as a feather-made fan magically appeared out of nowhere.
"As much as you want the kitsune-boy, I presume." He countered.
Kagura looked at Toya skeptically. "THAT isn't involved here, hanyou. You are most likely more irritating than the kid Sesshomaru carries around." She huffed as she closed her fan and at the same time her humungous feather appeared. "You better finish the monk as soon as possible if you want your part of the bargain fast." With that, she flew away.
"Don't worry Kagura, I'll finish this before Kanna learns how to smile." Toya said.
Apparently, Kanna already knows how to smile... Only she chooses NOT to.
...tsuzuku...
Vocabulary:
Taiji-ya - taiji means exterminate, so probably -ya means something like person.
-tachi - suffix which is placed to indicate many peole, which in this case, "Inuyasha-tachi" means "Inuyasha's group." This is somehow synonymous to "gumi" as in Sakura Taisen, "Hanagumi" means "Flower group." [Uh, did I just say too much again?]
-sama - honorific suffix indicating respect.
-chan - honorific suffix indicating nonchalance or friendly relationship. [Almost everyone knows that.]
Ne - when placed before a clause, it means "hey" [or something like that] but when placed after, it sort of means "right?" as in "You knew about it, right?"
Houshi - anyone who loves Miroku would have at least given thirty different ways to pronounce this word [I have done thirty-four, no kidding!] It means 'priest.'
Shakujo - Miroku's ever reliable staff [Shakujo is an all-around mate for him! He casts wards with it, gains support by it, fights with it, makes his presence known by it, maybe he even tries to grope Sango by it! (Argh! Don't think green!)]
Demo - not a short term for demonstration, it means 'but.'
Gi - an upper clothing for traditional Japanese men [think Himura Kenshin's or Seta Soujiro's clothes]
Hakama - the lower clothing; the counterpart of the gi which looks like a drawstring pants except its mega-flared as it starts from the waist.
Daijobu ka - 'are you all right?' It is sort of a shortcut term for 'daijobu desu ka?'
Anata ga - you ['ga' is a honorific for the subject of the sentence]
Hiraikotsu - Sango's huge as in H-U-G-E boomerang.
Bouzou - means 'monk' [You know, this word kind of sounds like an unrespectful name for a monk, since Inuyasha uses this to call Miroku when he's pissed. And I remember Sha Gojyo calls Genjo Sanzo like this (Um.. Since they practically hate each other's guts though they're comrades)]
Sukebe - the highest form of perversity
Doushite - 'Why?'
Hanyou - half-demon. You see I don't know if this analysis is right, but I think it came out from two words, 'hanbun' and 'youkai'. Hanbun means 'one-half' and youkai, well, as any Inuyasha or YuuYuu Hakusho fan would know, means 'demon.' Correct me if I'm wrong, okiedokie?
Hai - um... yes [almost everyone knows this]
Tasukete - help, more of calling for help. "Tasukete kudasai" means 'please help me.'
Kohaku - in case you don't know, he's Sango's younger brother. His name means 'amber.'
Iya - no
Sonna - no way/impossible
Kitsune - means 'fox.' In this case, it pertains to Kouga, who is sometimes called 'fox-boy.'
Author's Rant:
Hah! Finally done! First off, I want to say a huge gomen to all the people who read this fic... I was too lazy to update. And I almost lost hope on this. But since I'm getting a VCD of Inuyasha OAV 2 for Christmas, inspiration struck like lightning.
I also want to apologize on what I made Kagura say earlier. You know, about how unbelievable it seems for one to get attracted to Sango...
Miroku: Hey, I heard that... How dare you refer to Sango that way! *brings out an ofuda* Houriki!!!
SnM: Kami-sama, kami-sama, kami-sama, kami-sama, kami-sama... *Holds buddha beads on the right and tries to shield herself from Miroku's houriki*
Sango: Houshi-sama, I'm off to the hot springs. Please look over our provisions. *Walks in front of Miroku* *Stops and turns to Miroku* And NO PEEKING. *Walks away*
Miroku: *Notices Sango and keeps his ofuda* Hot springs? *Unconsciously follows Sango*
SnM: Whew! You see? The effect of a line... Actually I was hesitant to put it but then again for the sake of having villains... Well, Kagura's a villain and villains are destined to be hated by almost everyone... ALMOST. And to make up for it, I gave a hint of Kouga/Kagura for all their fans out there... Anyways, another gomen if the chapter is messy. You see I use my PDA in doing fics, and I tried hard to spellcheck this one, so please bear with me if you find errors here...
Sango: *from afar* HENTAI!!! SUKEBE!!! I told you not to peek!!!
Miroku: Demo... I can't resist looking at your body... *evades a rock then runs*
Sango: YOU COME BACK HERE RIGHT THIS INSTANT!!!
Miroku: *stops running* Why Sango, I didn't know you wanted to take a bath with me that badly... *takes off his robes*
Sango: *dumbstruck but realization sinks in* HENTAI!!! That's not what I meant!!!
Miroku: But you said you wanted me to come back... *hurt expression* *Sango grabs Miroku by the collar and drags him towards her*
Sango: I wanted to get back at you, not bathe with you! *doesn't notice a somewhat mysterious rock and trips, pulling Miroku towards her* AAAHHH!!
Miroku: *falls on Sango's _ehem_* Mmph!
Sango: *realizes their position* HENTAI!!! SUKEBE!!! *punches Miroku into oblivion*
Miroku: *swirly-eyed* Aaahh... Towel... Sango... Chest... Heaven...
Sango: *fumes* Argh!
SnM: Ah, gomen for everything that went wrong in this chapter! I'm high on sugar!!! Merry Christmas to all!!! And also, forgive the LAME ending, I hated it too.
~Shohoku no Miko~©